Mission West Properties, a US real estate investment trust, announced availability of a large greenfield site for development of a data center in the Pacific Northwest region of the US. The announcement was made in conjunction with CDH, a data center design and construction consultancy.

"We just got the land under contract," Chris Hardin of CDH said. "We have 62 MW available."

The site, located in Ontario, Ore., is suitable for either one 300,000 square foot data center or three-four smaller projects. According to a Mission West news release, power in Ontario is relatively cheap and the local government provides economic-development tax incentives for data center build out. Power at this particular site is priced at about $0.3 per kWh.

"With demand for cloud computing rising, we believe the need for mission-critical data center space will grow rapidly in the next two to three years," Mission West CEO Carl Berg said in a statement. "For prospective tenants, the Mission West/CDH Consulting property in Ontario, Oregon will provide outstanding economic development incentives, low power costs and the ability to design and build a facility to suit specific needs."

Hardin said the two companies were planning to build a 62 MW on-site electrical substation as well as an evaporative cooling system. "It lowers the PUE," Hardin said about evaporative cooling. "It (uses) 40 percent less water than a chilled-water mechanical system and it creates 40 percent less waste water."

The facility will be custom designed to accommodate the future tenant's needs. Since Ontario is not a major metropolitan area, Mission West and CDH will not begin construction before a suitable tenant or multiple tenants are found.